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1909 



STATE OF MICHIGAN 



LIVE STOCK 



SANITARY LAWS 



COMPILED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF 

FREDERICK C. MARTINDALE 

SECRETARY' OF STATE 



BY AUTHORITY 



LANSING, MICHIGAN 
WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD CO.. STATE PRINTERS 

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1909 



STATE OF MICHIGAN 



LIVE STOCK 



SANITARY LAWS 



COMPILED UNDER THE SUPERVIsro.N ( IK 

FREDERICK C. MARTINDALE 

SECRETARY OF STATE 



BY AUTHORITY 



LAXSIXC, MICHIGAN 
WYNKOOP IIALLKNP.i:CK CliAWEoKD Co., STATE Pr.IXTEUS 

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LIVI'] STOCK SANITARY COMMISSION. 

CoAiKoKT A. Tvi.Ki:. .... Coldwater. 

Hp:.m;y H. IIi.nds. ..... Stanton. 

T. F. M.\i!STf)\ Ba.v City. 



STATE VETERINARIAN. 

^'nxiAM Jl. MoKRis, .... Cass City. 



CONTENTS. 

Sections. 

State live stoclv sanitary commission, powers and duties 1-26 

Yarding and feeding of Texas cattle 27-31 

Foot-rot among slieep 32-33 

Running at large and sale of diseased sheep 34-36 

Marking and branding live stock 37-39 

Regulation of practice of veterinary medicine and surgerj 40-52 



Note. — The numbers in pareutheses ( ). iire compiler's sections and are consecutive 
througliout tlie book. The .section marli § refers to the section of the compiled laws of 1897. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY COIViSVIISSSON. 



An Act, to provide for the aiDpointment of a state live stock sanitary 
commission and a state veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers 
and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious 
diseases among the live stock of the state. 

[Act 182, r. A. 3 885.] 

The People of the State of ilichigan enact: 

(1) § 5627. Section 1. That a commission is hereby The state live 
establislied which shall be known under the name and style commfssion!^^ 
of "the state live stock sanitary commission." The commis- 
sion shall consist of three commissioners who are practical 
agricnitnrists and engaged in the live stock industries of 

the state, who shall be appointed by the governor with the 
advice and consent of the senate. One shall be appointed for Appointment 
the term of six years, one for the term of four years, and one 
for the term of two years, whose term of office shall com- Term of office. 
mence on the second Tuesday of July of the year in which 
they are appointed and shall continue until their successors 
are appointed and qualified. And at each succeeding wiien 
biennial session of the legislature there shall be appointed appomted. 
in like manner one commissioner who shall hold his office 
six years or until his successor is appointed and qualified. 
The governor shall also appoint with the advice and consent veterinary 
of the senate a competent and skilled veterinary surgeon for •'^"'■^®*^'^- 
the state who, at the time of such appointment shall be a 
graduate in good standing of a recognized college of vet- 
erinary surgery and who shall hold his office two years Term of office. 
from the second Tuesday of July of the year he is ai)pointed 
and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The 
governor shall also appoint every two years thereafter a 
competent and skilled veterinarian having the qualifications 
above mentioned, whose term of office shall be for two years 
or until his successor is appointed and qualified. 

(2) § 5628. Sec. 2. Said commissioners and veterinary oath of office. 
surgeon before they enter upon the duties of their office shall 

each take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and 
file the same with the secretary of state. 

(3) § 5629. Sec. 3. Each commissioner shall receive the Per diem and 
sum of five dollars per day and necessary expenses for the ^^p®"*^''- 
time actually spent in the disclu>rge of his duties; and the 



STATE OF MICHIdx^N. 



veterinary surgeon shall receive tlie sum of five dollars per 
dav and necessary expenses for tlie time when emploj^ed. 

Am. 1909. Act 172. 



Duty of the 
commission. 



Quarantine 
regulations, 
etc. 



(4) § 5G30. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the commis- 
sion to protect the health of the domestic animals of the state 
from all contagious or infectious diseases of a malignant char- 
acter, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized and em- 
powered to establish, maintain and enforce such quarantine, 
sanitary and other regulations as it may deem necessary. 

The commission is the sole tribunal to determine wlietlier the animals are 
diseased and to ascertain their value, and is to be governed by tlie value at 
the date of appraisal. The only appellate .lurisdiction provided for by tlie 
statute is tlie governor, whose approval of the action of the commission is 
necessary. — Shipmaii \. Sanitary Commission, 115/488. 



Duty of per- 
sons to report 
disease to 
health officer. 



Duty of local 
board of 
health to in- 
vestigate 
cases reported. 



Commission 
to quarantine. 



Expenses, 
how paid. 



Commission 
to examine 
and report. 



(5) i^ 5G31. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of any person 
who discovers, susjtects, or has reason to believe that any 
domestic animal belonging to him or in his charge, or that 
may come under his observation, belonging to other parties, 
is affected with any disease, whether it be a contagious or in- 
fectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief, or 
suspicion to the live stock sanitary commission, or a member 
thereof, or to the local board of health or some member 
thereof. 

(0) § 5G32. Sec. 0. It is hereby made the duty of all 
local boards of health, to whom cases of contagious or in- 
fectious diseases are reported, to immediately investigate the 
same, either in person by some member or members of the 
board, or by the employment of a competent and skilled vet- 
erinarian ; and should such iiwestigation show a reasonable 
probability that a domestic animal is affected with a con- 
tagious or infectious disease of a malignant character, the 
local board of health shall immediately establish such tem- 
porary quarantine as may be necessary to prevent the spread 
of the disease, and rei)ort all action taken to the commission 
or to some member thereof; and the acts of local boards of 
health establishing temi)orary quarantine shall have the same 
force and effect as though established by the commission 
itself, until such time as the commission may take charge of 
the case or cases, and relieve the local board of health. All 
exj^enses incurred by local boards of health in carrying out 
the provisions of this act shall be paid in like manner as are 
other expenses incurred by said boards in the discharge of 
other official duties. 

(7) § 5G33. Sec. 7. The commission or any member 
thereof, to whom the existence of any infectious or contagi- 
ous disease of domestic animals is reported, shall forthwith 
proceed to the place where such domestic animal or animals 
are and examine the same, and if in his or their opinion any 
infectious or contagious disease does exist he or they are 
authorized to call upon the state veterinarian or other com- 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 



petent and skilled vcteiinai-ians to proceed to the plaee where 
said coutagioiLs or infectious disease is said to exist and 
examine said animal or animals, and report his or their find- 
ing to the said commission, which then shall prescribe such 
rules and regulations as in its judgment the exigencies of the 
case may require for the effectual suppression and eradica- Rules and 
tion of the disease, and for that purpose the said commission ^^^^^ ationt,. 
may list and describe the domestic animals affected with such 
disease and those which have been exposed thereto and in- 
cluded within the infected district or premises so defined and 
quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead 
to their identification, and no domestic animal liable to be- Quarantine. 
come infected with the disease or capable of communicating 
the same shall be permitted to enter or leave tlie district, 
premises or grounds so quarantined, except by the authority 
of the connnission. The said commission shall also from time i\iay enforce 
to time give and enforce such directions, and prescribe such *^''"*^'^'i°'^*' ^^^■ 
rules and regulations as to separating, mode of handling, 
treating, feeding and caring for such diseased and exposed 
animals as it shall deem necessary to prevent the two classes 
of animals from coming in contact with each other, and per- 
fectly insulate them from all other domestic animals which 
have not been exposed thereto and which are susceptible of 
becoming infected with the disease, and the said commission 
and veterinarian are hereby authorized and empowered to 
enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the jirovi- 
sions of this act. When in the opinion of the commission it Killing and 
shall be necessary to prevent the further spread of any con- ^pp'"'^^''^ ■ 
tagious or infectious disease among the live stock of the 
state, to destroy animals affected v^'itli or which have been 
exposed to any such di.sease, it shall determine what animals 
shall be killed, and appraise the same, as hereinafter pro- 
vided, and cause the same to be killed and the carcasses dis- 
posed of as in its judgment will best ijrotect the health of 
domestic animals of that locality. 

Am. 1009, Act 172. 

(8) § 5{)34. Sec. 8. When the commission shall have de- To notify the 
termined the quarantine and other regulations necessary to quarantine. 
prevent the spread among domestic animals of any malig- 
nant, contagious, or infectious disease found to exist among 
the live stock of the state, and given their order as herein- 
before provided, prescribing quarantine and other regula- 
tions, it shall notify the governor thereof, who shall issue Governor to 
his proclamation proclaiming the boundary of such quarantine jfne'prociama- 
and the orders, rules, and regulations prescribed by the com- tion. 
mission, which proclamation may be published by written 
or printed hand bills posted within the boundaries or on the 
lines of the district, premises, places, or grounds quaran- 
tined : Provided, That if the commission decide that it is not 
necessarv, by reason of the limited extent of the district in 



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Commission 
to appraise 
animal 
ordered killed. 



To issue a 
certificate to 
owner. 



To report the 
same to tlie 
governor. 



Auditor gen- 
eral to draw 
his warrant 
for amount. 

Owner to be 
paid for ani- 
mal killed. 



Proviso. 



which such disease exists, that a }>rochimation should be 
issued, then none shall be issued, but suck commissiou shall 
give such notice as may to it seem best to make the quarantine 
established by it effective. 

(9) § SOoS. Sec. 9. ^Vhenever the commission shall di- 
rect the killing of any domestic animal or animals it shall be 
the duty of the commissioners to appraise the animal or ani- 
mals condemned, and in fixing the value thereof the com- 
missioners shall be governed by the value of said animal or 
animals at the date of appraisement. 



Disposition 
ot domestic 
animal af- 
fected with 
contagious 
disease. 



(10) § 5G30. Sec. 10. Whenever any live stock shall be 
appraised and killed by order of the commission, it shall 
issue to the owner of the stock so killed a certificate show- 
ing the number and kind of animals killed, and the amount 
in their judgment, to which the owner is entitled, and re- 
I)ort the same to the governor of the state, which certificate, 
if approved by the governor, shall be presented to the auditor 
general, who shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer 
for the amount therein stated, payable out of any money in 
the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

(11) § 5G37. Sec. 11. When any animal or animals are 
killed under the provisions of this act, by order of the com- 
mission, the owner thereof shall be paid therefor the ap- 
praised value as fixed by the appraisement hereinbefore pro- 
vided for: Provided, The right of indemnity on account- of 
animals killed by ord^r of the commission under the provi- 
sions of this act, shall not extend to the owners of animals 
which have been brought into the state in a diseased condi- 
tion, or from a state, country, territory, or district in which 
the disease with which the animal is afl'ected, or to which 
it has been exposed, exists. Nor shall any animal be paid 
for by the state which may be brought into the state in vio- 
lation of any law or quarantine regulation thereof, or the 
owner of which shall have violated any of the provisions of 
this act, or disregarded any rule, regulation, or order of the 
live stock sanitary commissiou or any member thereof. Nor 
shall any animal be paid for by the state which came into 
the i>ossession of the claimant with the claimant's knowledge 
that such animal was diseased, or was suspected oi being 
diseased, or of having been exposed to any contagious or in- 
fectious disease. 

(12) § .5G.38. Sec. 12. Any person who shall have in his 
possession any domestic animal affected with any contagious 
or infectious disease, knowing such animal to be so affected, 
or, after having, received notice that such animal is so 
affected, who shall permit such animal to run at large, or 
vrho shall keep such animal Avhere other domestic animals 
not affected by or previously exposed to such disease may be 
exposed to its contagion or infection, or who shall sell, ship, 
drive, trade, or give away such diseased animal or animals 
v.'hich Irive been exposed to such contagion or infection, or 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 11 

who shall move or drive any domestic animal in violation 
of any direction, rule or regulation, or order establishing 
and regulating quarantine, shall be deemed guiltv of a mis- ^ misde- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any penalty. 
sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor 
more than ninety days, or both sucli fine and imprisonment 
in the discretion of the court, for each of such diseased or 
exposed domestic animals which he shall permit to run at 
large, or keep, sell, ship, drive, trade or give away in vio- 
lation of the provisions of this act. 

(1?)) § 5G39. Sec. 13. Any person who shall knowingly Penalty for 
bring into this state any domestic animal which is .affected eased animals 
with any contagious or infectious disease, or any animal "^'^^ *'^^ ®*^^^- 
which has been exposed to any contagious or infectious di- 
sease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- 
viction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than one 
hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or be 
imprisoned in the state prison not to exceed one , year, or 
both such fine and imprisonm.ent in the discretion of the 
court. 

(14) § 5640. Sec, 14. Any person who owns or is in Penalty for 
possession of live stock which is affected, or which is sus- fow the'veter- 
pected or reported to be affected, with any infectious or con- amfie'^tock^" 
tagious disease, who shall wilfully prevent or refuse to allow 

the state veterinarian or commissioner or other authorized 
officer or officers to examine such stock, or shall hinder or 
obstruct the state veterinarian or other authorized officer or 
officers in any examination of, or in an attempt to examine 
such stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less 
than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be 
imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more 
than ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment in the 
discretion of the court. 

(15) § 5041. Sec. 15. Any person w^ho shall willfully Peijajty^for 
violate, disregard or evade, or attempt to violate, disregard this act. 
or evade any of the provisions of this act, or v>'ho shall will- 
fully violate, disregard or evade any of the rules, 
regulations, orders or directions of the live stock sanitary 
commission establishing and governing quarantine, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there- 
of, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor 

more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the 
county jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or 
both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the 
court. 

(10) § 5042. Sec. 10. The commission provided for in Authorized to 
this act shall have power to employ at the expense of the |™ns^and^pur- 
state such i^ersons and purchase such supplies and material ^hase supplies, 
as may be necessary to carry into full effect all orders by it 
2,1 ven. 



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May call upon 
the' sheriff, 
etc., to exe- 
cute orders. 

Compensation. 



l\Iay arrest. 



Duty of 

prosecuting 

attorney. 



Governor to 
issue procla- 
mation pro- 
hibiting the 
importation 
of li\'e stock, 
etc. 



To be ex- 
amined and 
quarantined. 



May admin- 
ister oaths, 
etc. 



Required to 
co-operate 
with boards 
acting under 
act of con- 
gress. 



Authority of 
U. S. board. 



To report to 
the governor, 
etc. 



Sheep and 
horses in- 
cluded. 



(IT) § 5GJ:o. t~'Ec. IT. The eommissiouei-s shall have 
I)Ower to call upon any sheritf, under-sheriff, deputy sheriff, 
or constable to execute their orders, and such officers shall 
obey the orders of said commissioners, and th.e officers per- 
forming such duties shall receive compensation therefor as is 
prescribed by law for like services, and shall be paid therefor 
in like manner. And any officer may arrest and take before 
any justice of the peace of the county any person found vio- 
lating any of the provisions of this act, and such officer shall 
immediately notify the prosecuting attorney of such arrest, 
and he shall prosecute the person so offending according to 
law. 

(IS) § 5044. Sec. IS. Whenever the governor of the 
state shall have good reason to believe that any dangerous, 
contagious, or infectious disease has become epizootic in cer- 
tain localities in other states, territories or countries, or that 
there are conditions which render such domestic animals 
from such infected districts liable to convey such disease, he 
shall by proclamation prohibit the importation of live stock, 
of the kind diseased into the state, unless accompanied by a 
certificate of health given by a duly authorized veterinary 
surgeon ; and all such aninsals arriving in this state shall be 
examined immediatel}' by the commission or some member 
thereof, and if he or they deem necessary he or they shall 
have said animals inspected by the state veterinary surgeon, 
and if in his o}jinion there is' any danger from contagion or 
infection, they shall be placed in close quarantine until such 
danger of infection or contagion is passed, when they shall be 
released bv order of said commission or some member there- 
of. 

(19) § 5045. Sec. 19. For the purposes of this act each 
member of the live stock sanitary commission is hereby au- 
thorized and empowered to administer oaths and affirma- 
tions. 

(20) § 5040. Sec. 20. This commission is hereby author- 
ized and required to co-operate with any board or commis- 
sion acting under any present or future act of congress for 
the suppression and prevention of contagious or infectious 
diseases among domestic animals, and the same right of 
entry, inspection and condemnation of diseased animals upon 
private premises is granted to the United States board or 
commission as is granted to the commission granted under 
this act. 

(21) § 504T. Sec. 21. The commission shall make bien- 
nially a detailed report of its doings to the governor, which 
report shall be transmitted to the legislature at its regular 
biennial session. 

(22) § 504S. Sec. 22. This act shall be construed so 
as to include sheep and horses. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. , 13 



(23) § 5(M!). Si:c. 28. Any railroad eompauy, uavigation Relative to 
company, or other corporation, or common carrier, who shall act^by°raii- 
knowingiy, or willfnlly violate, disregard, or evade any of panles^et'c 
the provisions of this act, or who shall willfnlly violatej dis- 
regard, or evade any of the rnles, regulations, orders,, or di- 
rections of the live stock sanitary commissiou establishing 

or governing quarantine, or who shall evade, or attempt to 
evade any quarantine proclamation of the governor of this 
state declaring* quarantine limits, shall forfeit and pay to the 
people of the fetate of ^Michigan not less than five hundred 
dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, for each and 
every offense, and shall be liable for all dayiages caused to 
any neat cattle by its or his failure to conij)ly with the re- 
^quirements of this act. 

(24) Sec. 24. In case of tuberculous cattle, whenever the Tuberculous 
commission shall direct the killing of such cattle, it shall be owiie^rmar 
the duty of the commission to appraise the animal or animals receive. 
condemned, the owner or owners thereof to receive fifty per 

cent of value of animal as though not diseased, such per cent 
in no case to be reckoned on a sum over fiftv dollars: Pro- Proviso, 
vided. That the owner or owners of slaughtered animals '^°"'^'"°"'- 
shall receive no colnpensation for the same unless the com- 
mission sftall be satisfied that the premises have been kept in 
a sanitary condition, nor shall they receive compensation 
until said sanitary commission is satisfied that the 'infected 
premises have been disinfected in such manner as to prevent 
the further spread of the disease. When the state live stock Slaughter 
sanitary commission or a member thereof shall deem it ex- insplcttou.'^^' 
pedient to have cattle that have reacted to the tuberculin 
test, slaughtered under federal inspection, it shall have the 
power to order such slaughter. If the carcass of any such 
animal shall pass the federal inspection without being con- 
demned, the owner of the animal shall receive alf proceeds 
secured from the sale of such carcass after payment for 
shipping, handling and slaughtering charges have been de- 
ducted, in lieu of the above mentioned fifty per cent ap- 
praisal value. If the carcass of any such animal shall be if carcass 
condemned by the federal inspectors, the owner of the aui- ^°" .^"'"° 
mal shall receive the proceeds of the sale of the hide, 
tallow, offal or any other proceeds from the sale of the 
carcass after deducting the cost of handling, shipping and 
slauglitering, in addition to the above mentioned fifty pet 
cent appraisal valuation. 

Added 1909, Act 172. 

(2.5) Sec. 2.5. The importation of cattle into the state certificate to 
for breeding or dairy pur})0ses is hereby prohibited, except- i'mp°o"rtedr^, 
ing when such cattle are accompanied by a certificate of in- cattle. 
spection made by a duly qualified A'eterinary surgeon, who is 
a graduate of a recognized veterinary college in the I'nited 



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What to show. Stales, Canada or Euro})e. Such certitieate shall show that 
at the time of said inspection and within sixty days prior to 
shipment said cattle had been subjected to tuberculin test 
and were free from tuberculosis. Duly certified certificates 
of inspection, giving in full the temperature records of the 
tuberculin test, must be prepared in triplicate, one of which 
is furnished the shipper, one furnished the transportation 
conspany hauling the cattle, and one forwarded immediately 
to the president of the state live stock sanitary commission. 
The expense of such inspection and certificate shall be paid 
bv the owner of the cattle. 



Certificate of 
inspection, to 
be prepared 
in triplicate. 



Expense. 



Provisions, 
how applied. 



Aclded Id. 



(20) Sec. 2G. The provisions of this act shall not apply 
to persons transferring cattle through the state on cars to 
points beyond the state, or to persons living near the state 
line and owning land in adjoining states, and who may drive 
said cattle to and from said land for pasturage. 



Added Id. 



YARDING A^S£> FE^DiNG TEXAS CATTLE. 

An Act to regulate and provide for the carrying, yarding and feed- 
ing of so called Texas cattle while in transit into or across this 
state between the first day of April and the first day of November 
of each year. 

[Act 198, P. A. 1885.] 



Transporta- 
tion, yarding 
etc., of cer- 
tain cattle, 
unlawful. 



Duty of rail- 
road trans- 
porting cer- 
tain cattle. 



Proviso. 



The People of the tState of MieJtigfni eiiaef: 

(27) § 5(i50. Section 1. That it shall not be lawful to 
transport any neat cattle into or across this state, yard or 
feed the same, that have been reared or kept south of the 
thirty-sixth parallel of north latitude, and that have not 
subsequently been kept continuously at least one winter 
north of said parallel, and which may be brought within the 
limits of this state between the first day of April and the 
first day of November, following, excei)t in the manner here- 
after provided. 

(28) § 5G51. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of all railroad 
companies doing business in this state to receive and trans- 
port while in this state, the class of cattle mentioned in 
section one, only in cars that are branded or lettered legibly 
and distinctly and in plain view, the words ''for the transpor- 
tation of Texas cattle only;" and they shall not permit or 
allow any other class of cattle to enter those cars between 
the first day of April and the first day of November follow- 
ing: Provided, Th.at cattle coming from other states for 
transportation through this state when it is impossible to 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 15 

ascertain where they oaiiie from may be shipped in snch cars, 
but shall be treated in all respects as cominji" from the 
country south of the thirty-sixth parallel of north latitude. 

(29)" § 5(352. Sec. 3. 'it shall be the duty of any rail- g- c'ittirat 
road company, stock yard company, or private individual stock yards. 
owning and operating any stock yard in this state, to re- such yards. 
ceive and feed the class of cattle mentioned in section one 
only in yards separate and apart from yards used for the 
feeding or yarding of other cattle ; and these yards shall be in ^^\\^^'^^<^ 
the immediate vicinity and contiguous to a railroad side 
track so that these cattle may not pass over any open com- 
mon that might be crossed by other cattle; and said yards 
shall have a sign posted at each entrance thereto, on which 
shall be plainly lettered "for the yarding of Texas cattle 
only." and no other cattle shall be admitted to these yards be- 
tween the first day of April and the first day of November 
of each year. 

(30) "^S 5653. Sec. 4. Anv railroad companv, stock yard Penalty for 
company, or private individual owning any stock yard m 

this state, who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 

one and two of this act. shall forfeit and pay to the people 

of the state of Michigan not less than fifty dollars nor more Fine. 

than five hundred dollars for each and every such offense, and ^^^^^^l^^ ^°^ 

shall be liable for any and all damages caused to any neat 

cattle by their failure to comply with the requirements of 

this act. 

(31) § 5054. Sec. 5. Anv person or i^erson [persons] certain yioia- 

• .iin \, 1 ji L ^ 1 tion a misde- 

who shall knowingly or willfully place or attempt to place meaner. 
any neat cattle, or others than those mentioned in section 
one, in any car or yard provided for in section two or three 
of this act, and branded and lettered as therein ])rovided for 
between the first day of April and the first day of Novem- 
ber following, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars, Punishment. 
nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less 
than ten days nor more than sixty days, or both such fine 
and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



FOOT-ROT AEViONG SHEEP. 

An Act to prevent the infection of foot-ret among sheep. 
[Act IGO. P. A. 1879.] 

TJw People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(32) § 5655. Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for unMiUo^^ 
anv person or persons to allow to run at large on, or to drive infected sheep 
along anv highwav in this state between the first day of May °^ highway. 



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and tlie fii-st dny of Novenibei- of cacli year, any sheep kiiowu 
to be infected with the disease known as tlie foot-rot. 
Penalty. (33) § 5050. Sec 2. Any person or persons yiolating the 

provisions of tlie foregoing section, sliall be deemed gnilty 
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a 
fine not less than twenty-five nor more than one hnndred dol- 
lars, in the discretion of the conrt, in addition to the costs 
of prosecution ; and in case the fine imposed, and the costs 
of prosecution shall not be paid, the defendant shall be con- 
fined in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more 
than sixty davs, in the discretion of the court. 



DISEASED SHEEP. 



An Act to prevent the importation, runnin: 

eased sheep. 



it larse and sale of dis- 



[Act 185, Laws or 18G3.] 



The People of the State of MlehUjcui enact: 



Penalty for 
importing, 
etc., diseased; 
sheep. 



Penalty for 
allowing dis- 
eased sheep to 
run at large. 



Damages in 
ci\il action. 



(31) § 5057. Section 1. That it shall not be lawful for 
the owner of sheep, or any person having the same in charge, 
knowingly to import or drive into this state sheep having 
any contagious disease; and any person so offending shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be }tunished by 
fine in any sum not less than fifty dollars, and in default of 
the payment thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail not 
more than three mouths. 

(35) § 5658. Sec. 2. That any person being the owner 
of sheep, or having the same in charge, who shall turn out, 
or suffer any sheep -having any contagious disease, knowing 
the same to be so diseased to run at large upon any common, 
highway, or uninclosed lands, or who shall sell or dispose of 
any sheep, knowing the same to be so diseased, without first 
apprising the purchaser thereof of such disease, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by 
fine in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, and in default of the payment thereof, by 
imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months. 

(30) § 5050. Sec. 3. Notliing in this act shall be so 
construed as to preyent the recovery of damages, in civil 
actions, against any person or persons who shall import or 
drive such diseased sheep into this state, or who shall allow 
such diseased sheep to run at large, or who shall sell such 
diseased sheep. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 17 

BRANDING LIVE STOCK. 

An Act to provide for marking and branding live stock. 
[Aet 122, P. A. 1883.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(37) § 5GG0. Section 1. That every person who has eat- Owners may 
tie, horses, hogs, sheep, goats, or any other domestic animals, etc°^ 
may adopt an ear mark or brand, which ear mark or brand 

may be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the To be re- 
connty where snch cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, goats, or other 
domestic animals shall be: Provided, Tliat the mark or Proviso. 
brand so adopted and recorded shall be different from all 
other marks or brands, adopted and recorded in snch connt^^ 

(38) § 5G61. Sec. 2. It shall be the dutv of the county i^^ties of 

* * county clerks 

clerks of the several counties of this state, to keep a book m in recording. 
which they shall record the mark or brand adopted by each 
person who may api)ly to them for that pur])ose, for which 
they shall be entitled to demand and receive twenty-five Fee for. 
cents. 

(39) § 5662. Sec. 3. If any person shall mark or brand, Penalty for^^ 
or alter or deface the mark or brand of any horse, mare, colt, brand. 
jack, jenny, jennet, mule, or any one or more head of neat 

cattle or sheep, goat, hog, slioat, pig, or other domestic ani- 
mal, the property of another, with intent thereby to steal the 
same, or to prevent identification thereof by the true owner, 
he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be punished 
by imprisonment at hard labor in the state prison, not to ex- 
ceed two years, or by a fine of not more than two hundred 
dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court. 



PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

An Act to protect the title and to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine and surgery in all its various branches in the state of 
Michigan; providing for a state veterinary board and prescribing 
its duties; regulating existing practitioners: governing under 
graduates and reciprocity with other states and provinces; pre- 
scribing penalties for its violation and repealing all inconsistent 
acts. 

[Act 244. r. A. 1007.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(40) Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to unlawful to 
engage or attempt to engage in the practice of veterinary ^n^esf^ 
medicine or surgery in any of its various branches, unless registered. 
he shall comply with the provisions of this act and be duly 



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STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



registered by the state veterinary board iu the manner here- 
proviso. inafter provided: Provided, That tlie })rovisious of this act 

shall not be governing or apply to dehorning cattle and ordi- 
narv animal castration. 



Am. 1909, Act 143. 



State'veteri- 
nary board, 
qualifications 
of members of. 



Vacancies, b5' 
wliom filled, 
term of office. 



Organization 
of board. 



To make an- 
nual report, 
what to 
contain. 



Secretary to 
be provided 
with list of 
certain 
colleges. 



Permit to 
practice, by 
whom issued. 



Eligibility of 

certain 

persons. 



(41) t^EC. 2. There shall be a state veterinary board, con- 
sisting of three members, who shall be residents of this state, 
and citizens of the United States, and regularly registered 
veterinary graduates, no two of whom shall be graduates of 
the same college, and who shall have been iu the practice 
of their profession at least three years prior to their ap- 
pointment. The members of the state veterinary board, 
appointed under authority of act one hundred ninety-one of 
the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine shall con- 
stitute the state veterinary board. The provisions of this 
act shall in nowise interfere with the tenure of office of tlie 
members of the state veterinary board heretofore appointed 
under authority of such act. Accordingly as vacancies shall 
occur on said board, it shall be the duty of the governor, 
on or before April first, annually, to appoint a veterinarian, 
having the qualifications herein prescribed, and who shall 
hold office for three jeara or until his successor is appointed 
and has qualified. 

(42) Sec. 3. The members of such board shall meet at 
Lansing on the third Tuesday in August of each year. They 
shall organize by electing a president, secretary and treas- 
urer. The treasurer shall give bonds in such amount as 
the said board shall determine. It shall be the duty of the 
said board to make an annual report to the governor at 
the close of each fiscal year, which report shall contain a 
complete statement and record of all of the official acts of 
said board, together with a statement of all moneys received 
and the manner of their disbursement. It shall be the duty 
of the said board, from time to time, during each year, to 
provide and furnish to its secretary a list of the regular 
colleges having a curriculum of at least three years and of 
at least three sessions of six months each, having the author- 
ity to confer the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine, 
doctor of veterinary science, or doctor of comparative medi- 
cine or veterinary surgeon. It shall be the duty of the sec- 
retary of said board "to issue to each applicant, graduates 
of said colleges, a temporary permit to practice until the 
next regular meeting of the board, and to keep on file, in 
the office of the secretary of state, his permanent address. 

(43) Sec. 4. Any person Avho has practiced veterinary 
medicine or surgery in their various branches in this state for 
five years prior to the passage of this act shall be eligible to 
become registered as an existing practitioner, and entitled 
to receive a certificate of registration from the state board 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 19 

as such: Provided, That any such person shall, on oi' before Proviso as to 
the first day of January, nineteen hundred eight, file with etc"^''®'^^'"' 
the secretary of state veterinary board an affidavit, showing 
that he has been continuously so engaged and shall also 
present letters of recommendation from ten reputable free- 
holders and stock raisers of this state, who shall have em- 
ployed him, showing hiu) to be qualified to practice veteri- 
nary medicine or surgery as above set forth. All those reg- Not to use 
istered under this clause shall not be entitled to use any °°"^^^'^^^^®®- 
college degree or any abbreviation thereof. All veterinarians who known 
now registered under authority of act one hundred ninety- veterinarians. 
one of public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine, or en- 
titled to be registered under said act, Avheu registered shall 
be recognized and known as the regular veterinai-ians. It unlawful for 
shall be unlawful for any person except a regular veteri- gons^toSle 
narian under the provisions of this act, to use any college ^°'i®s6 '^^^^®^- 
degree, or their abbreviations in connection with his name, 
or profession which might lead the public to believe that 
he has had a college course of veterinary training: Pro- Proviso as to 
vided. That nothing in this act shall prevent any person tain animals. 
from treating his own animal or assisting his neighbor. 

(44) Sec. 5. From and after January first, nineteen hun- Time for 
dred eight, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice or iimfted"imiess 
attempt to practice veterinary medicine or surgery in any of registered. 
its various branches, unless he shall be duly registered by 

the state veterinarv board. No person shall be registered Registration 

* • rGstrictsd 

by the state veterinary board as a veterinarian or veterinarv 
surgeon, until he shall have furnished satisfactory proof of 
his identity and that he is the lawful and regular possessor 
of a diploma from a regular veterinary college or veterinary 
department of a state institution of learning or college of 
medicine having a curriculum of at least three sessions of 
six months each, and requiring personal attendance of its 
pupils, and that said diploma was issued by such school or 
college direct to him : Provided, That the provisions of Proviso as to 
this section shall not be applicable to those persons who are [e^^sTered. 
duly registered veterinary surgeons at the time this act takes 
effect. 

(45) Sec. 0. It shall be unlawful for any person in this when un- 
state to perform the following named surgical operations pVrform^ 
upon animals without first administering either local or g^^i" operauons 
eral anaesthesia: The emasculation of hermaphrodites, the 
emasculation of mares and female dogs, the operation of 
fistulous wethers and poll-evil, lithotomy and all forms of 
neurectomy, the Caesarean o])eration, the operation for um- 
bilical and scrotal hernia and the operation for wind-broken 
horses called laryngio crycorectomy. 

Am. 1909, Act 143. 



20 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Buok for 
registering 
surgeons 
kept. 

Fee for 
registration. 



Fees, liow 
disposed of. 



Certificates of 
registration, 
to be dis- 
played, etc. 



Compensation 
of board. 



E.xpen,ses of 
board, how 
paid. 



Students, 
when certaiJi, 
may practice. 



Michigan to 
reciprocate 
with other 
states. 



Veterinarians 
living in ad- 
joining states. 



License 
granted on 
certain 
conditions. 



(4()) ^Ec. 7. 11 shall be the 'duty of the secretary of the 
state veterinary board to keep a book for the i)urpose of reg- 
istering veterinary surgeons of this state. The said secre- 
tary shall collect a fee of five dollars for each person regis- 
tered nnder the provisions of this act, except that all those 
]>ersons coining within the provisions of section fonr shall 
be registered for, and the secretary shall collect bnt three 
dollars. The fees received by the said secretary shall be 
turned over by him at each session, to the treasurer of said 
board, who shall immediately, at the close of each session, 
pay same into the state treasury to be covered into the gen- 
eral fund. It shall be the duty of the state veterinary board 
to purchase a su])ply of certificates ol registration and to 
furnish a certificate to each applicant furnishing satisfactory 
proofs of his identity and qualifications, and upon payment 
of the fee, in the manner herein provided, which certificate 
must be conspicuously displayed in his office and shall en- 
title such api>licant to ])ractice veterinary medicine and sur- 
gery in all its various branches. 

(47) Sec. S. The members of the state veterinary board 
shall not be entitled to receive any salary, fee, or compensa- 
tion for their services as such members, except that the sec- 
retary shall receive such coinjjensation as the board shall 
determine, not to exceed fifty dollars per annum. The ex- 
})enses of such members actually and necessarily incurred in 
the i)erforniance of olficial duties shall be paid by the state 
treasurer upon the warrant of the auditor general out of any 
money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. 

(48) Sec. 9. Any student having attended a recognized 
veterinary college for six mouths may, upon the presentation 
of a certificate of attendance, bearing the college seal, be 
allowed to [)ractice in the office of and under the instructions 
of any registered veterinary surgeon in this state to whom 
he may apply during one summer vacation, or until October 
following the date of his certificate of attendance and no 
longer, nor elsewhere as an under graduate. 

(49) Sec. K). Michigan shall reciprocate Avith other 
states and provinces in an interstate recognition and ex- 
change of licenses upon a basis of equality of educational 
standard and mutual recognition, which standard shall not 
be lower than reipiired by the provisions of this act. 

(50) Sec 11. Veterinarians living near the border line 
of Michigan, in an adjoining state or province, and wishing 
to practice in this state, shall, before doing so, apply to and 
receive from the state veterinary board a certificate of reg- 
istration. The state veterinary board shall grant such li- 
cense and issue a certificate u]>on the payment of the pre- 
scribed fees, provided the applicant's educational attainment 
shall conform to the requirements of the i)rovisions of this 
act, and the said state or province shall grant a like reci- 
procity to veterinarians of this state. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 21 



(51) Sec. 12. Any i)ers()ii violatiiiji' auy of tlie provi- Penalty for 
sions of tliis act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, '^'^'^"""^ 
and shall, upon convhtion, be punished for the first offense 
by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, 
and for each subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than twenty-five d(»llars nor moi-e than o\)0 hundrcjl 
dollars or !»<' confined i)i the county jail I'oi- nol less tlian 
fhirty nor more than ninety days, or hy both such fine and 
imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 

(.■52) Si:t'. l?t. Comjilaints for a violation (»f this act shall Comiiiaintv of 
be made to the jn-osecuting attorney or humane agent of the how'^Imuk.'. 
county in Avhich the offense is committed and the method oi 
procedure shall be the same as in oilier oiminal cases. 

Sec. 14 repeals iueuiisisttMil ur coiirrax'eiiini;' arls. 




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